NoveList

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NoveList

• a presentation by
• Bill Long

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NoveList lthttp//mel.orggt

• This is a variant of what the NoveList home page
  might appear as.
• As you can see the majority of the page is
  advertising seasonal selections and hot items.
• Two things to pay attention to
• 1) On the left, there is a quick search bar,
  with support and tools
• 2) At the top, there are tabs that help specify
  certain aspects of your search in efforts to help
  aid narrow your findings.

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Types of Search
Help tabs

• The tabs on top help narrow your search by topic.
  
• There is a broad search of the database, a browse
  list option, a tab for books only, and a link for
  school resources.
• The most common search is the quick search. It
  is the most convenient and expeditious.
• There are other methods for searching.

Quick search and tools
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Quick Search

• This is an example of search results for Jack
  London (Author Search).
• As you can see it shows popularity of each work,
  reading level, and whether or not it includes
  description.
• It also has a sort by option, so that you can
  have the works ordered by alphabetical, date
  published, etc.

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Search Our Database

• When you want to search this database, you have
  options to choose from.
• For example, lets continue our example with the
  author Jack London.
• As you can tell, it is a longer process, but this
  is good for more exact searches, or searches when
  you know only a part of the authors name

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Browse Lists

• This tab allows you to browse certain lists.
• Lets see what they have in the adult section.
• An example of what one of these pages might look
  like would be
• As you can see it can be extensivebut it is just
  enough to point you in the right direction, but
  with specifics.

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For Readers

• This is the For Readers tab.
• There are different interest links, but lets see
  what they have about authors.
• Each link A and Be jump you to that authors
  last namefrom there you get in depth author
  information.

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Readers Advisory

• This is the Readers Advisory section
• Odds are this will not apply to you
• This part of NoveList is focused on furthering
  the knowledge of staff and educators, rather than
  students.

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School Resources

• This is the School Resources tab.
• Most of the material in this section will be of
  benefit to teachers and librarians. For example,
  there are guides for giving book talks.

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Overview

• So that is a pretty brief overview covering the
  search tools provided by NoveList, and how to use
  them.
• As you should have been able to tell, this is a
  very reliable and powerful tool for school.
• Good luck searching and enjoy the book selections
  that you find!

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The End